Yala

地点:亚拉国家公园位于科伦坡以南 305 公里处。

到达亚拉:通往亚拉国家公园的门户是位于斯里兰卡南部省份汉班托塔区科伦坡以南264公里的蒂萨玛哈拉马。

雅拉入口:亚拉国家公园的入口位于帕拉图帕纳,距离蒂萨玛哈拉马 27 公里。

观鸟:观鸟是全年进行的。在十月至期间,成千上万的候鸟为了逃避北半球的冬天而抵达。

观赏大象:亚拉国家公园一年四季都能看到野生大象。在五月至八的旱季,在水坑周围成群结队地看到大象。

哺乳动物:亚拉国家公园的常住哺乳动物包括野猪、懒熊、野生水牛、猕猴和叶猴、jack 狼、猫鼬、穿山甲、豪猪、兔子和野猫。

封闭期:亚拉国家公园通常在每年的 9月 1日至10月15日期间关闭。

关于汉班托塔区

汉班托塔斯里兰卡东南部沿海地区的一个乡村小镇。它也是斯里兰卡南部省汉班托塔区的首府。汉班托塔距离科伦坡约240公里,正在向战略港口和商业中心转型,正在进行大规模的基础设施开发。汉班托塔两侧是广阔的沙滩,是游览附近景点的便捷地点。

达拉国家公园位于汉班托塔以东 20 公里处,威拉维拉保护区位于稍远一点。鲁胡纳国家公园卡塔拉伽马神庙是从这座城市可以轻松前往的其他景点。

南方省简介

斯里兰卡南部省是一个小的地理区域,由加勒马塔拉汉班托塔等地区组成。自给农业和渔业是该地区绝大多数人的主要收入来源。

南部省的重要地标包括亚拉和乌达瓦拉维国家公园的野生动物保护区、圣城卡塔拉伽马以及蒂萨马哈拉马、基林达和加勒等古城。(尽管加勒是一座古城,但在葡萄牙入侵之前,几乎没有任何东西能幸存下来。)在葡萄牙时期,有两位来自迪克威拉的著名僧伽罗诗人安达雷和来自马塔拉区德尼皮蒂亚的加贾曼·诺娜创作关于普通人的诗歌。

About Hambantota District

Hambantota is a rural town in southeastern coastal area of Sri Lanka. It is also the capital of the Hambantota District in the Southern Province of Sri Lanka. Approximately 240 kms from Colombo,Hambantota is in the midst of transformation into a strategic port and commercial centre, undergoing extensive infrastructure development. Flanked by sweeping sandy beaches,Hambantota is a convenient location from which to visit nearby sights.

The Bundala National Park lays 20 km east of Hambantota and the Weerawila Sanctuary a little further off. The Ruhuna National Park and theKataragama Temple are other attractions that can be accessed easily from this city.

About Southern Province

The Southern Province of Sri Lanka is a small geographic area consisting of the districts of Galle, Matara and Hambantota. Subsistence farming and fishing is the main source of income for the vast majority of the people of this region.

Important landmarks of the Southern Province include the wildlife sanctuaries of the Yala and Udawalawe National Parks, the holy city of Kataragama, and the ancient cities of Tissamaharama, Kirinda and Galle. (Although Galle is an ancient city, almost nothing survives from before the Portuguese invasion.) During the Portuguese period there were two famous Sinhalese poets called Andare who was from Dickwella and Gajaman Nona who was from Denipitiya in Matara District, composing poems on common man.